Well, I didn't think it was possible, but...

Like this?  Kota offers this any time you have a treat.  Must be his easiest trick to perform.  []

ORIGINAL: jones

So how'd you do it? I have had no success with that trick.

 
I kind of put him into the postion and told him to sit up, and I gave him a treat.  Then I changed it to beg just in case he confused it with other tricks.  It is easier for a small dog to learn tricks like these.  It's harder for larger dogs to learn it, as it is hard for them to hold all their weight on their hind legs.  You might also have a harder time teaching a large dog to dance/stand up, but only for the same reasons.
 
I'm now working on bow and speak.  This is what happens when I try to make him bow:
 
Me:  Riley, bow! *attempt to put him into position*
Riley: *play dead*
Me:  Riley, bow! *attempt to put him into position*
Riley: *roll over*
Me:  Riley, bow! *attempt to put him into position*
Riley: *lie down*
 
It's sooooo hard!  He starts doing his other tricks instead!
 
This is what happens when I try to teach him to speak:
 
Me:  Riley, speak! *do things that might make him bark*
Riley:  ---------
Me:  Riley, speak! *do things that might make him bark*
Riley: *silence*
Me:  Riley, speak! *do things that might make him bark*
Riley: *cricket*
Me:  Riley, speak! *do things that might make him bark*
Riley: *no response*
 
 

Lol, that sounds like training Maggie sometimes.

She does know sit pretty though. She does it all the time when she wants to be rubbed on her belly.  Spoiled dog.

Lol, don't you love when they try tricks they know?
I trained my beagle to beg by luring her into the position.  So now I also have a hand signal for it by taking my first two fingers and thumb and pulling them up into the air for it.
My pointer will copy me, so I just acted as close as I could to a dog begging.  And she got it almost immediately.  She's such a dork though, when she waves, she begs and lifts up one of her paws.  [8|]
 
For training speak both my dogs figured it out the same way, which is pretty rare for them.  I'd say, "Casey, speak, woof!  Woof!"  Once she got it when I'd say speak woof, I'd start decreasing the amout of times I had to say woof and now she gets it.  By doing this I've also been able to teach my beagle, Carley, to howl, whisper, and I'm working on yelping.  It's pretty fun to work with her vocalization since she mimics my sounds.

How cute are those dogs sitting pretty??? []
 
When Odie does it, I call it "kangaroo" b/c with his little paws and his big ears, he looks like a bunny or a kangaroo getting ready to bounce. [sm=biggrin.gif]